Type: Publication
Date: 2010
Pig Agskills
Practical skills on the care of pigs. Covers pig husbandry, health care, breeding programs for sows and raising piglets. Highlights animal welfare standards for pigs.
Publication details
This book includes both meat and egg production, breeds, rearing, health, housing and nutrition. Extensive section of case studies.
- The market for free range production
- Pitfalls for new entrants
- An introduction to production systems and standards for free range eggs
- An introduction to production systems and standards for meat birds
- Choosing a breed
- Sourcing stock
- Managing the flock
- Feeding and nutrition
- Housing for free range poultry
- Protecting the flock from predators
- Pastures for poultry
- Free range health management
- Biosecurity for free range production
- Regulations: state and local government
- A business plan for free range poultry
- EggInvest: an aid to planning and budgeting
- An example of free range standards - eggs
- Free range eggs. Standards Compared.
- Chicken suppliers
- References
| Title | Getting started in free range poultry |
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| Author(s) | |
| Pages | 176 |
| ISBN | 978 0 7313 0623 7 |
| Catalogue number | B728 |
| Year published | 2010 |
| Publisher | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
| Price | $36.00AUD (inc GST) |
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